“On June 3, 2017, Alex Honnold free soloed the Freerider route of El Capitan in three hours and 56 minutes. It wasn’t an act of recklessness but of the kind of planning worthy of a moon landing. It wasn’t an act of selfishness but an extraordinary gift to everyone who believes that the limit of human achievement is far from being reached. It wasn’t a useless stunt but a reminder that utility alone is a poor way to measure the grandeur of one man’s spirit. Go see the movie. You’ll see what I mean

Free solo climber Alex Honnold explains why he’s at peace on the wall: “Death is the natural end to every life.” | Graham Bensinger

Recently, 23-year-old Alaskan climbing influencer Balin Miller died after falling from the El Capitan rock formation at Yosemite National Park in California, US. The incident was captured during a livestream on TikTok, where he was seen climbing down the wall to retrieve a stuck gear bag before he fell completely. It was later revealed that Miller was rope soloing - a method that involves climbing alone with a rope - and had rappelled off the end of it. While not widely known, Balin Miller was r